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Tag: Thomas Merton

Public Theology & Spirituality

I Love God as Much as I Love the Least

29 Nov 2022November 30, 2022
I shared the following reflection with the Keenan Hall community and offer it here to the broader global community as an invitation for reflection. Knights,  We’ve done it. We’ve made…
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Lovingly Lonely

26 Jul 2022July 26, 2022
**Note: This post began as a personal journal entry, a reflection I wrote in prayer. It was a one-sided conversation with God, a musing of my spirit. After revisiting it…
Academic Papers…

Being Is Enough

22 Oct 2020November 4, 2020
         I had no business quitting my job. I was making exceptional connections with students and the greater community. The retreat program that I oversaw had seen a substantial increase in…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Undamning our Love

29 Aug 2020August 31, 2020
A point of clarity before you begin reading this essay. This essay's "origin story" is important to understanding the point, trajectory, and intent of this essay. Along with the Facebook…
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Liberation Christophany

25 Jan 2020November 4, 2020
A Christophanic Hermeneutics  The work of Raimon Panikkar cultivates a dynamism for the Christian faith that motivates all humanity to recognize the goodness that they already know deep within our…
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A Universal Embrace of Christophany

11 Dec 2019November 4, 2020
Imagine for a moment… standing atop a mountain after having spent the morning hiking to the summit and being overwhelmed by the clouds that envelope you at the peak. Imagine……
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A Doctrine of Original Love

5 Dec 2019November 4, 2020
Sitting in a quiet room of a retreat center tucked into the woods, men and women gather to hear three simple words, “You are loved.” As the words pour forth,…
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Cosmically Incarnated Christ

19 Sep 2019November 4, 2020
As a child I was not close with my father. Suffering from poor health and a heart attack that occurred early in my childhood, my father rarely had time for…
Public Theology & Spirituality

Lenten Eyes

3 Mar 2019March 3, 2019
With Lent and Ash Wednesday days ahead, and the liturgical season of Ordinary Time waning, I am reminded of my ego and the need for perspective.  Luke's Gospel today, invites…
Public Theology & Spirituality

I have a confession

3 Dec 2018November 4, 2020
As a Catholic, I have a confession to make: I have deliberately missed Mass on Sundays for the last several months. For some this may come as a shock. For…
Public Theology & Spirituality

A Devout Meditation in Memory of Donald J. Trump

12 Jul 2018November 4, 2020
In college, I took a course that covered a wide selection of Thomas Merton’s writings, one essay in particular, "A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann," I have not…
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Public Theology and Spirituality

11 Dec 2012December 12, 2019
So who is this blog post for? This blog post, in all honesty is for me. As I begrudgingly beginning to realize that my Xavier career is coming to close,…
Vegas wasn’t ready
I’m 2023 I’ll take a crack at a new selfie format
Sideline Bobby
Holding onto fall with every ounce of my being!
The mountains were blue the grass was green
My last day in Kenya was filled with the largest smiles and celebration of the happiest memories. I will forever be thankful to the Xaverian Brothers for hosting me.
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